Throughout their lives, women may suffer from certain pathologies, either occasionally or permanently. They cause a very uncomfortable sensation of heaviness in the pelvic floor.
These sometimes debilitating pains prevent them from fully thriving in their personal and professional lives.
What is a pelvic floor?
The pelvic floor is a set of muscles extending from the pubic bone to the spine, forming rings around the openings (urethra, vagina, anus). These muscles form a sort of hammock that supports the abdominal contents while optimally maintaining urinary, rectal, and sexual functions.
It therefore serves 4 important functions:
– Continence (urinary and fecal)
– Support for abdominal organs (bladder, uterus, rectum, intestines, etc.)
– Body stabilization
– Sexuality
How to recognize a dysfunction?
When one of these 4 functions is affected, whether by pregnancy, childbirth, high-impact or high-intensity sports activities, or perimenopause, the following symptoms are observed:
– Urinary incontinence or urgency
– Fecal or gas incontinence
– Lower back or pelvic pain
– Pain during sexual intercourse
– Heaviness in the vaginal area (organ prolapse) or the sensation of wearing a tampon
– Abdominal diastasis (separation of the rectus abdominis)
– Constipation
– Urinary retention
Especially after childbirth, promoting healing limits potential consequences (incontinence, organ prolapse, pain during sexual intercourse, etc.) that may appear immediately after birth but also, sometimes, several years later.
For some women suffering from endometriosis or pelvic congestion, it centralizes the pain related to the menstrual cycle.
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